Example sentences of "not [vb infin] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my right hon. Friend pointed out from the Dispatch Box yesterday , only £1 in £3 of agricultural support goes to farmers , which we do not think makes much sense . |
| 2 | Naturally you will not want to make any commitment until you are certain that there is no chance he will change his mind and discover that it is after all you he loves . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not presume to make any claim , who am I to read such riddles ? |
| 4 | The lecturer can point to objects , diagrams etc. and the context of the lecture means that he or she does not need to make explicit statements about why everyone is there and for what . |
| 5 | The current Act , the Sale of Goods Act 1979 , did not seek to make further changes in the law , but is a consolidation measure which reproduced ( with a few technical amendments ) the provisions of the 1893 Act as amended . |
| 6 | One great comber filled the canoe before she shook free from the cascading crests ; now they could not expect to make much headway and had to fight even harder to avoid broaching-to . |
| 7 | Thus , whatever success individual parents may have achieved via the 1980 Act 's appeal system , it seemed , by 1986 , that ‘ rights of school choice do not appear to make much difference to the outcomes of school admissions or to the LEAs ' management of school rolls ’ . |
| 8 | Politicians who were able to offer such attractions did not hesitate to make good use of their powers to win votes . |
| 9 | I tried calling softly , but there was no reply , and I did not dare make more noise for fear of disturbing the others . |
| 10 | With such a poorly developed social structure the Jews were very important to Prussian Poland : without their skills Prussian society could not hope to make Ost-Elbian society more hospitable and attractive to settlers and could hardly hope to persuade the border Poles to become Germans . |
| 11 | Despite strenuous effects to commit resources to services for people with learning disabilities , Nottinghamshire social services department could not avoid making this policy decision — a decision which was sorely tested . |
| 12 | Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause . |
| 13 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 14 | He insisted : ‘ I could not have made that statement . |
| 15 | A company doing business overseas may not have made proper allowances for the high cost of inducing people to work overseas . |
| 16 | Hospitals in the eighteenth century may not have made national mortality worse ( Cherry 1980 ) , but they were too few to improve the national health . |
| 17 | Should you not have made these calculations and blithely continue entering more stitch patterns , you will be given no warning that you are approaching the limit of the memory . |
| 18 | ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’ |
| 19 | There was no mob rule or intimidation and Mr Cranley should not have made those remarks ’ . |
| 20 | Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment . |
| 21 | It would not have made any difference in that borough . |
| 22 | Thank goodness my vote would not have made any difference . |
| 23 | Tina Cassan , Britain 's other qualifier for the final , did not have to make that choice , as Genesis was fractionally over the time limit and collected three-quarters of a fault . |
| 24 | Those people benefit from the fact that they do not have to make national insurance contributions . |
| 25 | Children are often very good at this , but they are happy in their own dream worlds and do not try to make other people believe them . |
| 26 | If investments have already been made in recent years , the average investor will not bother to make further improvements until energy prices begin to hurt . |
| 27 | Jobbernole listened painfully to her remarks , but did not bother to make further enquiries . |
| 28 | It is presumed that the legislature does not intend to make any change in the existing law beyond that which is expressly stated in , or follows by necessary implication from , the language of the statute in question . |
| 29 | I do not propose to make any change in the existing basis of liability or the benefit arrangements for the remaining period of the community charge . |
| 30 | But this does not seem to make much difference to the behaviour . ) |